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Business News for 12 November 2008

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Coca-Cola swallows up historic company Nov 12 2008

DRINKS giant Coca-Cola has spread its business empire into Northumberland with the purchase of a century-old family firm which sells mineral water.Read

Capacity increase is vote of confidence for airport Nov 12 2008

ONE of Durham Tees Valley Airport's most important scheduled services has been given a major boost.Read

Nightime quick to act on Blu Bambu lease deal Nov 12 2008

ANORTH East leisure company has completed a deal to buy the lease on a Sunderland nightclub, previously owned and operated by stock market-listed Premium Bars and Restaurants.Read

RMT takes on more staff to cope with development Nov 12 2008

SIX new members of staff have joined a fast-growing North East accountancy practice.Read

Solicitors will stay faithful to town of their birth Nov 12 2008

ONE of the North East’s oldest legal practices has pledged its future to the town where it was established more than 130 years ago – despite being frustrated in its search for new headquarters.Read

Spending, lending or cutting – how shall we boost economy? Nov 12 2008

A political consensus is emerging that tax cuts are required to stimulate the UK economy. But what does business think? And is fiscal policy the answer? Peter McCusker reports.Read

Awards to recognise service to customers Nov 12 2008

COMPANIES need to give top quality service if they are to hold on to customers and win new business in today’s challenging business environment.Read

Shanghai firms set to sign contracts Nov 12 2008

THE first of a pipeline of Chinese companies setting up in the North East arrive in the region today in a development which could eventually create hundreds of jobs.Read

Japanese rival in £1bn deal to take over Lucite Nov 12 2008

ONE of the region’s biggest chemicals operations has been bought by a Far Eastern rival and now expects to expand throughout Europe and the US as a result.Read

Cash to encourage ‘family firms’ Nov 12 2008

A £1M INVESTMENT is to support new parents and carers in starting their own businesses for more flexibility in family life.Read

£1bn takeover welcomed Nov 12 2008

TEESSIDE bosses at chemical company Lucite have welcomed the £1bn takeover of their business.Read

ProtEx looks to expand Nov 12 2008

A FAST-GROWTH engineering firm has pledged its future to the Tees Valley after achieving “better than expected” annual results and planning a suite of acquisitions.Read

Design chief backs Tees enterprise Nov 12 2008

ECONOMIC growth is not driven by banks, it's driven by enterprise, discovery and innovation - something Teesside has in spades, Sir George Cox, former head of the Design Council said yesterday.Read

Lesson for the world Nov 12 2008

A world-leading attempt to redesign the education system around employers’ needs could lead to major changes in received methods of teaching and redefine the relationship between businesses and learning providers, according to the man helping to lead the government’s revolution in the classroom.Read

Fay stays on as chair Nov 12 2008

MARGARET Fay, pictured, is to stay on to chair One NorthEast for an extra year to guide the regional development agency through the current economic downturn, it has been announced. Mrs Fay’s term was due to end in December 2009, but Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has asked that she and the other six UK RDA chairs, due to step down, have their appointments extended by up to one year. “There is a lot of hard work ahead,” she said, “and I will continue to do all I can to support our businesses through these challenging times.”Read

Tool-maker in £5m expansion Nov 12 2008

ASPECIALIST tool-making company is going through a period of rapid growth and has secured £5m of bank funding to allow it to develop the business further.Read

Hire firm prospers as fleets are thinned out Nov 12 2008

AVEHICLE hire firm is looking to capitalise on the economic downturn after setting up its first depot outside the UK and doubling the size of its base in Stockton.Read

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